Susan Dunlap

After a terrifying stunt gone wrong leaves her plummeting into the tops of forest trees, a shaken Darcy Lott is dispatched by her Zen master to a remote monastery in California's redwood forest to face her worst fear—but also to deliver a message....

Stunt double Darcy Lott is on location at the Port of Oakland, positioned for a power slide a dangerous trick in which she falls off a bike and skids under an 18-wheeler. Late getting to the set, Darcy's intermittent boyfriend and stunt driver Damon Guthrie is forced to rush the scene. His truck...

San Francisco stunt double Darcy Lott specializes in creating the illusion of serious danger. But when her lawyer brother calls and asks her to wine and dine a mysterious client, the danger is no illusion.

Set among the wistful Victorians of San Francisco, the second installment of the Darcy Lott series finds stuntwoman Darcy once again plagued by murder. Recently returned to San Francisco to assist her Zen teacher in his new zendo, Darcy cannot shake the pain of her brother's disappearance. When...

When a young gymnast dies performing a world-famous stunt, Kiernan suspects foul play....

A woman’s life is upended after she witnesses the aftermath of a deadly crime....

In a city of rule breakers, she's the law. But in a hunt for a killer, she's breaking all the rules....

A mad Nazi plot gives Cassidy a chance to save his estranged wife - or lose her forever....

After six months of perfect weather, the people of Berkeley, California, have forgotten how to drive during a thunderstorm....

To escape arrest for her best friend’s murder, Vejay must find the real killer - before it’s too late....

A call from an ex-husband is never welcome. For Berkeley cop Jill Smith it wins a Nobel Prize for chutzpah....

Investigating the poisoning murder of one of the judges at the annual Slugfest, a celebration featuring slug races and a cooked slug cuisine, meter reader Vejay Haskell uncovers a missing document and a secret lover....

Two witnesses see the man drag the old woman into a canyon while brandishing a rifle....

Until the helicopter crash, Jill Smith never knew fear. A homicide detective in the leftist enclave of Berkeley, California, she has faced down her share of thugs, thieves, and killers....

In Berkeley, California, Telegraph Avenue is the headquarters for the city’s strangest inhabitants....

When Philip Drem, the most feared and hated IRS auditor, is murdered, junk food junkie Jill Smith finds a long list of suspects....

A town as diverse as Berkeley, California, is never without controversy....

Each year the Bohemian Club - a clique of powerful conservatives whose ranks include Nixon, Reagan, and Kissinger - gathers for a confidential meeting in the backwoods town of Henderson, California....

Although the citizens of Berkeley are famously tolerant, that progressive attitude disappears at the property line between the homes of Dr. Hasbrouck Diamond and Leila Sandoval.....

Berkeley cop Jill Smith is back in another adventure that could only occur in this brazen, eccentric town....